I actually see McTominay as a centre-half. I look at him every time and come away thinking ‘you’d be far better off being a centre-half’
Tony Cascarino on Man Utd star Scott McTominay
But he reckons McTominay has shown all the attributes to play in a deeper role.
“The two midfielders, McTominay, I think McTominay’s okay,” Cascarino said on talkSPORT.
“Fred and McTominay are not a partnership, they are not a partnership to lead Manchester United in midfield.
“I think [McTominay’s] not bad but you’re talking about Manchester United being not bad in midfield.
Tony Cascarino says Man Utd star Scott McTominay would be better in defence (Image: TALKSPORT/GETTY)
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“I don’t see Fred at all, I think he’s far better than Fred.
“I actually see McTominay as a centre-half. I look at him every time and come away thinking ‘you’d be far better off being a centre-half’ because he does a lot of things that centre-halves do well.”
United’s work rate and desire has been questioned since Saturday’s 1-0 Premier League loss at Bournemouth.
But Cascarino believes results such as that are purely down to the lack of quality in the squad.
Scott McTominay has started all 11 Premier League games for Man Utd this season (Image: GETTY)
“What I’ve seen of Man United I’m watching them round around, chase, fight for balls - they’re not good enough.
“I look at their team, [Romelu] Lukaku got a brace again last night for Inter Milan, he was let go, wasn’t deemed to be the player for United for the next two, three, four years.
“I find it really weird how it’s developed, I think there are way too many players that are just not good enough.
“I’m not going to question commitment because I don’t see them not running around, I see that all the time.”